After cleaning some virus, XP's firewall cannot be turned on
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:38 pm
Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile
(and)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile
In the right-pane, delete the "EnableFirewall" value.
Close Regedit.exe and restart.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile
(and)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile
In the right-pane, delete the "EnableFirewall" value.
Close Regedit.exe and restart.